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- This invention relates to the estimation of a signal with a physical time delay, and more particularly to a system of reducing or compensating for the time delay caused by a physical impediment in a signal using an infinite impulse response (“IIR”) filter.
- IIR infinite impulse response
- a temperature sensor may be positioned in the fluid flow.
- the process fluid to be measured may be chemically incompatible with metallic temperature sensors, e.g., resulting in chemical attack or contamination of the solution and/or electrodes.
- the fluid may damage the temperature sensor, and build up of process fluid on the sensor may decrease the sensor's sensitivity.
- the fluid may also be part of a sanitary process, in which foreign objects such as sensors should not contact the process fluid.
- a conventional approach is to place the temperature sensor within a protective casing. With such a casing, the temperature sensor may be placed within the process fluid flow, while being protected from the process fluid by the casing. This approach relies on thermal conduction through the casing wall to the temperature sensor, to obtain temperature data.
- a drawback of this traditional solution is that the casing acts as a temperature insulator, thus impeding the sensor's ability to detect temperature change.
- casings for temperature detectors to be placed in conduits containing corrosive fluids are fabricated from polymers such as PFA (perfluoroalkoxy polymer resin), PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or various combinations thereof, such as perfluoroalkoxy-polytetrafluoroethylene co-polymer.
- PFA perfluoroalkoxy polymer resin
- PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
- PVC polyvinyl chloride
- Some techniques for compensating for the inaccuracy and delay of such temperature sensors involve the use of additional temperature sensors, including sensors positioned on the outside of the conduit for the process fluid flow.
- Differences between the signals captured from these multiple sensors may be used to help estimate or otherwise compensate for the time delay.
- These techniques may be impractical for many applications, such as those involving relatively complicated, expensive casings, such as those which may contain other devices in addition to sensors. It may thus be cost prohibitive to use multiples of these relatively expensive, complicated casings on the conduit.
- the temperature 23 detected by a conventional temperature sensor in a polymer casing is plotted relative to actual process fluid temperature 21. As can be seen from the chart, there is a time lag between the process fluid temperature 21 and the detection of the temperature 23 by the sensor. In addition, the detected temperature 23 has a relatively flattened amplitude and fails to reach the highs and lows of the process temperature 21.
- a signal 7, generated by the temperature sensor 3 within casing 5 includes passing a signal 7, generated by the temperature sensor 3 within casing 5, through a conventional filter 9.
- Conventional filter 9 is used to process the signal to reduce noise (e.g., electrical interference from electronic hardware), such as by using averaging techniques to filter out electronic noise and to output a conventionally estimated temperature 11.
- noise e.g., electrical interference from electronic hardware
- this conventionally filtered signal 25 while it may tend to reduce signal noise, tends not to compensate for the time lag. Rather, the conventionally filtered signal 25 may be viewed as increasing the time lag.
- DE 42 16 082 A1 discloses a system and a method capable of predicting a velocity with a delay characteristic of the signal detection representing a time-related impediment to accurate measurement.
- DE 195 14 410 A1 discloses a system and a method wherein a pressure sensor produces a disturbed output signal from which signal a filtered signal is formed. An estimated pressure signal is calculated based on the disturbed signal and the filtered signal.
- a system for predicting, in real time, a physical quality with an impediment to accurate measurement includes a sensor configured to detect a physical quality (Q detect ), wherein measurement of the physical quality is subject to an impediment.
- the system includes an infinite impulse response filter (IIR) configured to filter Q detect and to output a first filtered quality measurement (Q filtered1 ) in real time.
- IIR infinite impulse response filter
- a processor is configured to calculate the estimated quality Q estimate using Q detect and Q filtered1 .
- the physical quality is temperature of a process fluid, as detected by a resistive temperature detector (RTD), with the physical impediment being a thermally insulative protective casing.
- RTD resistive temperature detector
- a method for transforming raw physical quality data into an estimated measured quality includes obtaining raw data representing a physical quality (Q detect ), in which an impediment exists to the detection of the physical quality.
- the method also includes filtering Q detect through an IIR, so that the IIR outputs Q filtered1 ; and calculating, the a processor in real time, the estimated measured quality (Q estimate ) using Q filtered1 and Q detect .
- multiple IIR filters may be used to enhance output accuracy.
- Figures 6 , 8 and 9 are in accordance with the present invention.
- the examples shown in figures 2A, 2B , 3A, 3B , 4 , 5 and 7 are not encompassed in the scope of the invention.
- an otherwise conventional infinite impulse response (IIR) filter may be configured to mimic, in real time, a physical system in which a physical impediment (e.g., a time-related impediment) is responsible for unwanted time delays in a sensor's detection of a physical property.
- IIR filter may be configured to mimic the effects that the aforementioned RTD (or thermister or thermocouple, etc.) casing would generate in delaying the process temperature from reaching the sensor.
- the inventor hypothesized that programming an IIR with a time constant correlated to that of the physical impediment would mimic this physical impediment.
- this specially configured IIR filter may be used to effectively predict the temperature that would ultimately reach the RTD, to thus substantially eliminate the time delay to provide enhanced, i.e., nearly instantaneous, real time temperature detection.
- a filter in an attempt to reduce time delay is counterintuitive, since filters themselves tend to slow down and attenuate the actual transmission of a signal passing therethrough (see, e.g., Fig. 1C as discussed above).
- the inventor surprisingly found that use of an IIR filter configured with a time constant correlated to the physical impediment, could be used to effectively reduce or substantially eliminate the time delay in the sensor's detection of the temperature.
- adding yet another filter may further enhance the quality of the processed data, i.e., by providing additional outputs for use in a mathematical model capable of predicting a quality such as temperature.
- a second infinite impulse filter may be used in conjunction with the first filter, with the difference between the two filters being used to make further corrections.
- the second filter may be a substantial duplicate of the first filter, but which in particular examples uses a time constant that may be greater than that used in the first filter. (The time constants used may vary depending on the particular material e.g., casing, through which the temperature must propagate.)
- the filters are similar to conventional RC circuits in which some part of a new measurement and some part of the previous reading are mixed together linearly (e.g., some fraction of the new measurement and the complementary fraction of the last reading).
- the response is thus similar to the exponential response of an RC electrical circuit, to effectively provide an exponential, or 'infinite' response, from a single sensor.
- An aspect of the invention is thus the realization that the response coming through the casing to the temperature sensor from a change in the measured temperature may be modeled substantially accurately using the claimed filtering approach. With the correct time constants, these examples enable one to effectively see how much of the remaining (exponential) heat transfer hasn't yet arrived, and then optionally filter again with a longer time constant so the difference is effectively corrected.
- real time refers to operations effected nearly simultaneously with actual events, such as to provide results which are delayed nominally only by the execution speed of the processor(s) used.
- system 100 includes sensor 14, having a physical constraint (impediment) 12.
- Sensor 14 is configured to detect a physical quality, Q detected 16.
- An IIR filter, IIR 1 18, is configured to filter Q detected 16 using a constant k 1 , and to output first filtered reading Q filtered1 20.
- Constant ⁇ 1 is predetermined to correlate to the known physical impediment 12.
- Processor 26 is configured to accept inputs Qdetected 16 and Q filtered1 20, and to use these two inputs to produce Q estimate 28, e.g., using Equation 1 below.
- Q estimate 2 ⁇ Q detected ⁇ Q filtered 1
- a single IIR filter may be used as shown, it should be recognized that additional IIR filters may be used, to provide enhanced results in many applications, as will be discussed below.
- quality Q may be temperature and constant ⁇ may be a time constant which correlates to a time delay associated with a barrier that is a relatively poor thermal conductor, as discussed below with respect to Fig. 2B .
- This embodiment may be particularly useful with temperature sensors used in a corrosive process fluid.
- a resistance temperature detector RTD
- RTD resistance temperature detector
- the polypropylene may protect the RTD from the process fluid, it has relatively low thermal conductivity, and therefore a relatively large time constant (delay), e.g., which may be measured in minutes rather than seconds.
- sensor 14 is a temperature sensor 14, within a protective casing 12, wherein the temperature sensor 14 is configured to detect T detected 16, which is the temperature inside the casing 12.
- the IIR filter, IIR 1 18, is configured to filter T detected 16 using a time constant ⁇ 1 , and to output first filtered temperature reading T filtered1 20.
- Time constant ⁇ 1 is set to approximately one half of the known time delay caused by the relatively low thermal conductivity of the casing 12.
- processor 26 is configured to accept inputs T detected 16 and T filtered1 20, and to use these two inputs to produce T estimate 28.
- FIG. 3A Such a multiple-filter system is shown at 200 in Fig. 3A , and is substantially similar to system 100, but for the addition of a second IIR filter, IIR 2 22 configured to receive and process Q filtered1 20, and to output Q filtered2 24. IIR 2 22 is thus configured to re-filter Q filtered1 20 to provide a second input, Q filtered2 24, for processor 26.
- the first and second IIRs are each programmed with time constants correlated to the physical impediment 12 delaying the detection by sensor 14.
- the time constant ( ⁇ 2 ) of the second IIR filter may be configured to be greater than or substantially equal to time constant ( ⁇ 1 ) of the first IIR filter.
- both IIRs were programmed with time constants of approximately one half that of the physical impediment 12.
- Processor 26 is thus configured to receive both Q filtered1 20, from IIR 1 18, and Q filtered2 24, from IIR 2 22. Processor 26 is also configured to process these inputs to produce estimated temperature, Q estimate 28. In particular examples, for example, the processor may be configured to calculate Q estimate 28 by the following Equation 2, i.e., by subtracting the value of Q filtered2 24 from twice the value of Q filtered1 20, or by Equation 3, both of which have been found to yield similar results in many applications.
- Q estimate 2 ⁇ Q filtered 1 ⁇ Q filtered 2
- Q estimate Q filtered 2 + Q filtered 2 ⁇ Q filtered 1
- additional IIRs may be added, such as shown in phantom in Fig. 3A as IIR 3 22'. Such additional IIRs may be disposed in series or in parallel with any of the other IIRs. These additional IIRs may be used to either further refine an estimated quality, or to model another physical impediment that may be present within the system such as in the event an RTD casing is placed within another casing.
- an additional IIR 22' may be placed in parallel with IIR 22, with both receiving either Q detected or Q filtered1 , to then feed their outputs Q filtered2 and Q filteredadd , respectively, to processor 26.
- the processor 26 may then use the following Equation 4 to calculate Qestimate:
- Q estimate Q filtered 1 + Q filtered 1 ⁇ Q filtered 2 + Q filtered 1 ⁇ Q filteredadd .
- any of the examples disclosed herein may be configured in which the physical quantity to be measured is temperature.
- a system is shown at 202 in Fig. 3B , which is substantially similar to system 200 ( Fig. 3A ), in which sensor 14 is a temperature sensor, the physical impediment is the relatively poor thermal conductivity of a casing 12, and the time constants of the IIR filters IIR 1 18, and IIR 2 22 are correlated to the time constant of the casing.
- the second IIR filter, IIR 2 22, is configured to receive and re-filter T filtered1 20, to output T filtered2 24.
- Processor 26 is configured to receive both T filtered1 20, from IIR 1 18, and T filtered2 24, from IIR 2 22, and to generate estimated temperature, T estimate 28.
- a raw signal from a single temperature sensor is processed in series through both the first and second IIR filters, creating an "in series” output, and is also processed separately through the first IIR filter, creating a "first filter” output.
- the "in series" output and the "first filter” output may be combined to determine the estimated temperature.
- the time constants are matched to the casing material, e.g., they are set to one-half that of the casing in particular examples.
- the time constant for a particular casing may be discovered empirically, e.g., by sending process fluid of a known temperature through a conduit, and measuring the time required for a temperature sensor in the casing to reach the known fluid temperature.
- the various examples of the subject invention may provide improved speed and accuracy, relative to conventional approaches by modeling the expected delay to effectively predict where the measured quality (e.g., temperature) will settle. Moreover, any of these examples may be further configured to use Equation 5, discussed hereinbelow, to further reduce the time delay for enhanced, nominally real time output.
- Embodiments of the claimed invention also involve methods for predicting a physical quality in applications involving a time-related impediment, such as predicting the temperature of a process fluid using a temperature sensor disposed within a casing. For convenience, these methods will be shown and described with respect to temperature measured by a sensor disposed within an insulative casing or with any other barrier disposed between the sensor and the substance being measured. It should be recognized, however, that any one or more of the examples shown and described herein may be used to analyze substantially any quality for which speed of detection may be hindered by some physical impediment.
- Some non-exclusive examples of such qualities may include temperature, pressure, flow, density, concentration, pH, ORP, index of refraction, turbidity, weight, mass, luminosity, position, etc. Moreover, it should be recognized that these qualities may be measured with substantially any type of sensor, including electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical, chemical, and/or electro-chemical sensors, etc.
- a method for transforming raw sensor data representing a physical quality having a physical time constant (delay), into an estimated or predicted value is shown as method 300.
- This method includes 302, obtaining raw data representing temperature (T detected ) inside a casing within process fluid flow; 304, filtering T detected through a first IIR (IIR 1 ), so that IIR1 outputs T filtered1 ; 306, optionally filtering T filtered1 through a second IIR (IIR 2 ), so that IIR 2 outputs T filtered2 ; and 308, calculating the estimated temperature (T estimate ) using T filtered1 and optionally, T filtered2 .
- This method may also be used with more than two IIR filters, such as shown optionally at 310.
- a method 400 for modeling an estimated temperature of a process fluid flow.
- This method includes 402, encasing a temperature sensor within a casing; 404, inserting the casing in the process fluid flow; 406, reading the temperature inside the casing (T detected ) via the temperature sensor; 408, filtering T detected through a first IIR (IIR 1 ), so that IIR 1 outputs a first filtered temperature (T filtered1 ).
- Method 400 optionally includes 410, filtering T filtered1 through a second IIR (IIR 2 ), so that IIR 2 outputs a second filtered temperature (T filtered2 ).
- the estimated temperature (T estimate ) is calculated using T filtered1 and optionally, T filtered2 .
- Method 500 of Fig. 6 is a method for estimating the temperature of a process fluid flow.
- This method includes 502, detecting the temperature inside a casing (T detected ), the casing being inserted in a process fluid flow of a conduit; and 504, processing T detected using a temperature estimation transmitter 506 ( Fig. 7 ).
- transmitter 506 may be an otherwise conventional process variable transmitter such as commercially available from Invensys Systems, Inc. (Foxboro, MA), which includes the aforementioned IIR 1 18, processor 26, and optionally, IIR 2 22, as shown in phantom.
- Fig. 8 the inventor tested examples of their invention such as shown and described with respect to Figs. 3A-3B , with computer modeling of a hypothetical process fluid. Temperature in degrees Celsius (y axis) is represented as a function of time in seconds (x axis). The actual process temperature 30 is represented by the solid line.
- the chart represents process fluid at 100°C (e.g., boiling water) being sent through a conduit, followed by process fluid of 0°C (e.g., ice water) at approximately 71 seconds.
- the process temperature line 30 thereby follows a step form.
- the chart also represents a gradual raising and lowering of the temperature of the process fluid, so that process temperature line 30 forms a sine wave.
- T estimate 28 more closely tracks the solid process line 30. Although T estimate 28 slightly lags the process 30, T estimate 28 comes close to the amplitude of the actual process temperature.
- the chart indicates that T estimate 28 reached 100°C at about 50 seconds, and fell to about 15°C at about 95 seconds. Since the process fluid 30 was rising in temperature at 95 seconds, T estimate 28 did not fall in temperature to the low of 0° Celsius.
- This computer model also allowed the inventor to compare T estimate 28 to the temperature (T detected ) 16 detected by the temperature sensor, (represented in this Fig. 8 by dashed line 32). It may be seen that than T estimate 28 is appreciably better than T detected line 32 at capturing the full amplitude (high and low amplitude) of temperature swings of process 30.
- any of the foregoing examples may use another aspect of predicting the process temperature, which involves the slope of the changes in temperature detected by the sensor.
- the inventor experimented with simulations of process fluid in a conduit, with the process flow flowing past the casing.
- the computer models of Figs. 4 and 5 using the configuration shown and described with respect to Figs. 3A, 3B , the inventor discovered that the slope of the sensor line 32 is proportional to the difference between the sensor temperature readings, and the actual process temperature.
- Equation 5 may be used to further enhance the estimated result, in which slope (Q estimatefinal ) estimate 34 is determined by multiplying the slope of the sensor output (Q detected ) line 32 by a predetermined constant K, and adding the result to the sensor line 32.
- Q estimatefinal SlopeQ detected ⁇ K + Q detected
- the slope estimate 34 closely tracks the actual process fluid temperature 30, nominally without any delay, to effectively compensate for the physical impediment (e.g., time delay caused by an RTD casing, etc.) to provide nominally true, real time results. This example thus effectively anticipates what temperature the sensor will detect before the temperature is actually detected. As also shown, nominally the full amplitude of the process fluid temperature is captured.
- constant K the value used for the constant K was 40. It should be recognized, however, that constant K is related to the thermal time constant ⁇ discussed above. As such, the value of constant K is expected to change based on the particular application, and may be determined by empirical testing as discussed hereinabove.
- slope estimate 34 rather than forming a clear line, appears to be somewhat scattered around the process temperature 30. This may reflect noise which has become part of the slope estimate. Therefore, processor 26 may be further programmed with a conventional smoothing algorithm, e.g., which averages or uses standard deviations of the data to smooth out the estimate 34 for enhanced clarity.
- a conventional smoothing algorithm e.g., which averages or uses standard deviations of the data to smooth out the estimate 34 for enhanced clarity.
- an electronic sensor 14 such as an RTD. It should be recognized, however, that substantially any type of sensor, including mechanical (e.g., pneumatic), electro-mechanical, and/or electro-chemical sensors / control systems, may be used without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/720355 - This invention relates to the estimation of a signal with a physical time delay, and more particularly to a system of reducing or compensating for the time delay caused by a physical impediment in a signal using an infinite impulse response ("IIR") filter.
- Signals from sensors for a variety of physical phenomena (such as pressure, temperature, flow, acceleration, heat flux, and optical intensity) may be delayed by a physical impediment. For example, in order to measure the temperature of a process fluid flowing through a conduit, a temperature sensor may be positioned in the fluid flow. However, it is often necessary to physically separate the temperature sensor from the fluid flow, e.g., due to compatibility issues. For example, the process fluid to be measured may be chemically incompatible with metallic temperature sensors, e.g., resulting in chemical attack or contamination of the solution and/or electrodes. In addition, the fluid may damage the temperature sensor, and build up of process fluid on the sensor may decrease the sensor's sensitivity. The fluid may also be part of a sanitary process, in which foreign objects such as sensors should not contact the process fluid. These issues may thus tend to preclude the placement of conventional temperature detectors in direct contact with the process fluid.
- A conventional approach is to place the temperature sensor within a protective casing. With such a casing, the temperature sensor may be placed within the process fluid flow, while being protected from the process fluid by the casing. This approach relies on thermal conduction through the casing wall to the temperature sensor, to obtain temperature data. A drawback of this traditional solution is that the casing acts as a temperature insulator, thus impeding the sensor's ability to detect temperature change.
- In typical examples, casings for temperature detectors to be placed in conduits containing corrosive fluids are fabricated from polymers such as PFA (perfluoroalkoxy polymer resin), PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or various combinations thereof, such as perfluoroalkoxy-polytetrafluoroethylene co-polymer. The relatively poor thermal conductivity of these materials tends to adversely affect the accuracy and response time provided by such external temperature detection approaches. Some techniques for compensating for the inaccuracy and delay of such temperature sensors involve the use of additional temperature sensors, including sensors positioned on the outside of the conduit for the process fluid flow. Differences between the signals captured from these multiple sensors may be used to help estimate or otherwise compensate for the time delay. These techniques, however, may be impractical for many applications, such as those involving relatively complicated, expensive casings, such as those which may contain other devices in addition to sensors. It may thus be cost prohibitive to use multiples of these relatively expensive, complicated casings on the conduit.
- Referring to the chart of
Fig. 1A , thetemperature 23 detected by a conventional temperature sensor in a polymer casing is plotted relative to actualprocess fluid temperature 21. As can be seen from the chart, there is a time lag between theprocess fluid temperature 21 and the detection of thetemperature 23 by the sensor. In addition, the detectedtemperature 23 has a relatively flattened amplitude and fails to reach the highs and lows of theprocess temperature 21. - Turning to
Fig. 1B , one attempt to overcome these drawbacks includes passing asignal 7, generated by thetemperature sensor 3 withincasing 5, through aconventional filter 9.Conventional filter 9 is used to process the signal to reduce noise (e.g., electrical interference from electronic hardware), such as by using averaging techniques to filter out electronic noise and to output a conventionally estimated temperature 11. - As can be seen in
Fig. 1C , this conventionally filtered signal 25, while it may tend to reduce signal noise, tends not to compensate for the time lag. Rather, the conventionally filtered signal 25 may be viewed as increasing the time lag. -
DE 42 16 082 A1 discloses a system and a method capable of predicting a velocity with a delay characteristic of the signal detection representing a time-related impediment to accurate measurement. -
DE 195 14 410 A1 discloses a system and a method wherein a pressure sensor produces a disturbed output signal from which signal a filtered signal is formed. An estimated pressure signal is calculated based on the disturbed signal and the filtered signal. - The prior art does not compensate for or otherwise mitigates the effect of time-related impediments and does have inaccurate quality measurements.
- A need therefore exists for a system that compensates for, or otherwise mitigates the effect of time-related impediments to accurate quality measurements, without the need for multiple sensors.
- In an aspect of the invention, a system for predicting, in real time, a physical quality with an impediment to accurate measurement, includes a sensor configured to detect a physical quality (Qdetect), wherein measurement of the physical quality is subject to an impediment. The system includes an infinite impulse response filter (IIR) configured to filter Qdetect and to output a first filtered quality measurement (Qfiltered1) in real time. A processor is configured to calculate the estimated quality Qestimate using Qdetect and Qfiltered1.
- In a variation of the foregoing aspect, the physical quality is temperature of a process fluid, as detected by a resistive temperature detector (RTD), with the physical impediment being a thermally insulative protective casing.
- In another aspect of the invention, a method for transforming raw physical quality data into an estimated measured quality, includes obtaining raw data representing a physical quality (Qdetect), in which an impediment exists to the detection of the physical quality. The method also includes filtering Qdetect through an IIR, so that the IIR outputs Qfiltered1; and calculating, the a processor in real time, the estimated measured quality (Qestimate) using Qfiltered1 and Qdetect.
- In variations of each of the foregoing aspects, multiple IIR filters may be used to enhance output accuracy.
- The above and other features and advantages of this invention will be more readily apparent from a reading of the following detailed description of various aspects of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Fig. 1A is a chart of a model of prior art temperature detection of process fluid flowing through a conduit; -
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Fig. 1C is a chart of a model based on the prior art ofFig. 1B ; -
Fig. 2A is a block diagram of a system associated with an exemplary example; -
Fig. 2B is a block diagram of a system associated with an exemplary example; -
Fig. 3A is a block diagram of a system associated with an exemplary example; -
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Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method associated with an exemplary example; -
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Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a method associated with an exemplary example; -
Fig. 7 is a block diagram of a system associated with an exemplary example; -
Fig. 8 is a chart of a computer modeled results associated with an exemplary example; and -
Fig. 9 is a chart of a computer modeled results associated with another exemplary example. -
Figures 6 ,8 and9 are in accordance with the present invention. The examples shown infigures 2A, 2B ,3A, 3B ,4 ,5 and7 are not encompassed in the scope of the invention. - In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration, specific examples in accordance with which the invention may be practiced. These examples are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other examples may be utilized. It is also to be understood that structural, procedural and system changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims. For clarity of exposition, like features shown in the accompanying drawings shall be indicated with like reference numerals and similar features as shown in alternate examples in the drawings shall be indicated with similar reference numerals.
- Briefly, the inventor discovered that an otherwise conventional infinite impulse response (IIR) filter (e.g. "Kalman" or other low pass filters) may be configured to mimic, in real time, a physical system in which a physical impediment (e.g., a time-related impediment) is responsible for unwanted time delays in a sensor's detection of a physical property. As a specific example, the inventor discovered that such an IIR filter may be configured to mimic the effects that the aforementioned RTD (or thermister or thermocouple, etc.) casing would generate in delaying the process temperature from reaching the sensor. In particular, the inventor hypothesized that programming an IIR with a time constant correlated to that of the physical impediment would mimic this physical impediment. The inventor then discovered that this specially configured IIR filter may be used to effectively predict the temperature that would ultimately reach the RTD, to thus substantially eliminate the time delay to provide enhanced, i.e., nearly instantaneous, real time temperature detection.
- As alluded to above, using a filter in an attempt to reduce time delay is counterintuitive, since filters themselves tend to slow down and attenuate the actual transmission of a signal passing therethrough (see, e.g.,
Fig. 1C as discussed above). However, as will be discussed hereinbelow, the inventor surprisingly found that use of an IIR filter configured with a time constant correlated to the physical impediment, could be used to effectively reduce or substantially eliminate the time delay in the sensor's detection of the temperature. The inventor further found that adding yet another filter may further enhance the quality of the processed data, i.e., by providing additional outputs for use in a mathematical model capable of predicting a quality such as temperature. - These approaches thus capture multiple, sequential outputs from a single temperature sensor, and effectively predict where the temperature of this single temperature sensor will ultimately settle, for improved temperature response times.
- Optionally, a second infinite impulse filter may be used in conjunction with the first filter, with the difference between the two filters being used to make further corrections. As will be discussed in greater detail below, the second filter may be a substantial duplicate of the first filter, but which in particular examples uses a time constant that may be greater than that used in the first filter. (The time constants used may vary depending on the particular material e.g., casing, through which the temperature must propagate.)
- Functionally, the filters are similar to conventional RC circuits in which some part of a new measurement and some part of the previous reading are mixed together linearly (e.g., some fraction of the new measurement and the complementary fraction of the last reading). The response is thus similar to the exponential response of an RC electrical circuit, to effectively provide an exponential, or 'infinite' response, from a single sensor. An aspect of the invention is thus the realization that the response coming through the casing to the temperature sensor from a change in the measured temperature may be modeled substantially accurately using the claimed filtering approach. With the correct time constants, these examples enable one to effectively see how much of the remaining (exponential) heat transfer hasn't yet arrived, and then optionally filter again with a longer time constant so the difference is effectively corrected.
- As used herein, the term "real time" refers to operations effected nearly simultaneously with actual events, such as to provide results which are delayed nominally only by the execution speed of the processor(s) used.
- Turning to
Fig. 2A , an example shown assystem 100 includessensor 14, having a physical constraint (impediment) 12.Sensor 14 is configured to detect a physical quality,Q detected 16. An IIR filter,IIR 1 18, is configured to filterQ detected 16 using a constant k1, and to output first filteredreading Q filtered1 20. Constant τ1 is predetermined to correlate to the knownphysical impediment 12.Processor 26 is configured to accept inputs Qdetected 16 andQ filtered1 20, and to use these two inputs to produceQ estimate 28, e.g., usingEquation 1 below. - In particular examples, quality Q may be temperature and constant τ may be a time constant which correlates to a time delay associated with a barrier that is a relatively poor thermal conductor, as discussed below with respect to
Fig. 2B . This embodiment may be particularly useful with temperature sensors used in a corrosive process fluid. For example, a resistance temperature detector ("RTD") may be encased in polypropylene and inserted into relatively corrosive chemical process fluids. While the polypropylene may protect the RTD from the process fluid, it has relatively low thermal conductivity, and therefore a relatively large time constant (delay), e.g., which may be measured in minutes rather than seconds. - Referring now to the example shown as
system 102 ofFig. 2B ,sensor 14 is atemperature sensor 14, within aprotective casing 12, wherein thetemperature sensor 14 is configured to detectT detected 16, which is the temperature inside thecasing 12. In this example, the IIR filter,IIR 1 18, is configured to filterT detected 16 using a time constant τ1, and to output first filteredtemperature reading T filtered1 20. Time constant τ1 is set to approximately one half of the known time delay caused by the relatively low thermal conductivity of thecasing 12. In the example shown,processor 26 is configured to acceptinputs T detected 16 andT filtered1 20, and to use these two inputs to produceT estimate 28. - With reference now to
Figs. 3A & 3B , the inventor noted that in some applications, combining the outputs of two (or more) IIR filters yielded improved results. (Specific experimental results are discussed hereinbelow in reference toFigs. 7-9 .) Such a multiple-filter system is shown at 200 inFig. 3A , and is substantially similar tosystem 100, but for the addition of a second IIR filter,IIR 2 22 configured to receive andprocess Q filtered1 20, and tooutput Q filtered2 24.IIR 2 22 is thus configured tore-filter Q filtered1 20 to provide a second input,Q filtered2 24, forprocessor 26. The first and second IIRs are each programmed with time constants correlated to thephysical impediment 12 delaying the detection bysensor 14. In general, the time constant (τ2) of the second IIR filter may be configured to be greater than or substantially equal to time constant (τ1) of the first IIR filter. In particular exemplary examples shown and described herein, both IIRs were programmed with time constants of approximately one half that of thephysical impediment 12. -
Processor 26 is thus configured to receive bothQ filtered1 20, fromIIR 1 18, andQ filtered2 24, fromIIR 2 22.Processor 26 is also configured to process these inputs to produce estimated temperature,Q estimate 28. In particular examples, for example, the processor may be configured to calculateQ estimate 28 by the following Equation 2, i.e., by subtracting the value ofQ filtered2 24 from twice the value ofQ filtered1 20, or byEquation 3, both of which have been found to yield similar results in many applications. - Optionally, additional IIRs may be added, such as shown in phantom in
Fig. 3A as IIR3 22'. Such additional IIRs may be disposed in series or in parallel with any of the other IIRs. These additional IIRs may be used to either further refine an estimated quality, or to model another physical impediment that may be present within the system such as in the event an RTD casing is placed within another casing. For example, an additional IIR 22' may be placed in parallel withIIR 22, with both receiving either Qdetected or Qfiltered1, to then feed their outputs Qfiltered2 and Qfilteredadd, respectively, toprocessor 26. Theprocessor 26 may then use the following Equation 4 to calculate Qestimate: - As discussed above, any of the examples disclosed herein may be configured in which the physical quantity to be measured is temperature. Such a system is shown at 202 in
Fig. 3B , which is substantially similar to system 200 (Fig. 3A ), in whichsensor 14 is a temperature sensor, the physical impediment is the relatively poor thermal conductivity of acasing 12, and the time constants of the IIR filtersIIR 1 18, andIIR 2 22 are correlated to the time constant of the casing. - In this example, the second IIR filter,
IIR 2 22, is configured to receive andre-filter T filtered1 20, tooutput T filtered2 24.Processor 26 is configured to receive bothT filtered1 20, fromIIR 1 18, andT filtered2 24, fromIIR 2 22, and to generate estimated temperature,T estimate 28. Thus, in this example, a raw signal from a single temperature sensor is processed in series through both the first and second IIR filters, creating an "in series" output, and is also processed separately through the first IIR filter, creating a "first filter" output. The "in series" output and the "first filter" output may be combined to determine the estimated temperature. - As mentioned above, in particular examples, the
processor 26 may be configured to combine the filtered outputs to produceT estimate 28 using theaforementioned Equation - As discussed above, the time constants are matched to the casing material, e.g., they are set to one-half that of the casing in particular examples. The time constant for a particular casing may be discovered empirically, e.g., by sending process fluid of a known temperature through a conduit, and measuring the time required for a temperature sensor in the casing to reach the known fluid temperature.
- The various examples of the subject invention may provide improved speed and accuracy, relative to conventional approaches by modeling the expected delay to effectively predict where the measured quality (e.g., temperature) will settle. Moreover, any of these examples may be further configured to use
Equation 5, discussed hereinbelow, to further reduce the time delay for enhanced, nominally real time output. - Embodiments of the claimed invention also involve methods for predicting a physical quality in applications involving a time-related impediment, such as predicting the temperature of a process fluid using a temperature sensor disposed within a casing. For convenience, these methods will be shown and described with respect to temperature measured by a sensor disposed within an insulative casing or with any other barrier disposed between the sensor and the substance being measured. It should be recognized, however, that any one or more of the examples shown and described herein may be used to analyze substantially any quality for which speed of detection may be hindered by some physical impediment. Some non-exclusive examples of such qualities may include temperature, pressure, flow, density, concentration, pH, ORP, index of refraction, turbidity, weight, mass, luminosity, position, etc. Moreover, it should be recognized that these qualities may be measured with substantially any type of sensor, including electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical, chemical, and/or electro-chemical sensors, etc.
- Turning now to
Fig. 4 , a method for transforming raw sensor data representing a physical quality having a physical time constant (delay), into an estimated or predicted value, is shown asmethod 300. This method includes 302, obtaining raw data representing temperature (Tdetected) inside a casing within process fluid flow; 304, filtering Tdetected through a first IIR (IIR1), so that IIR1 outputs Tfiltered1; 306, optionally filtering Tfiltered1 through a second IIR (IIR2), so that IIR2 outputs Tfiltered2; and 308, calculating the estimated temperature (Testimate) using Tfiltered1 and optionally, Tfiltered2. This method may also be used with more than two IIR filters, such as shown optionally at 310. - Turning now to
Fig. 5 , amethod 400 is shown for modeling an estimated temperature of a process fluid flow. This method includes 402, encasing a temperature sensor within a casing; 404, inserting the casing in the process fluid flow; 406, reading the temperature inside the casing (Tdetected) via the temperature sensor; 408, filtering Tdetected through a first IIR (IIR1), so that IIR1 outputs a first filtered temperature (Tfiltered1).Method 400 optionally includes 410, filtering Tfiltered1 through a second IIR (IIR2), so that IIR2 outputs a second filtered temperature (Tfiltered2). At 414, the estimated temperature (Testimate) is calculated using Tfiltered1 and optionally, Tfiltered2. - Method 500 of
Fig. 6 is a method for estimating the temperature of a process fluid flow. This method includes 502, detecting the temperature inside a casing (Tdetected), the casing being inserted in a process fluid flow of a conduit; and 504, processing Tdetected using a temperature estimation transmitter 506 (Fig. 7 ). As shown,transmitter 506 may be an otherwise conventional process variable transmitter such as commercially available from Invensys Systems, Inc. (Foxboro, MA), which includes theaforementioned IIR 1 18,processor 26, and optionally,IIR 2 22, as shown in phantom. - Turning to
Fig. 8 , the inventor tested examples of their invention such as shown and described with respect toFigs. 3A-3B , with computer modeling of a hypothetical process fluid. Temperature in degrees Celsius (y axis) is represented as a function of time in seconds (x axis). Theactual process temperature 30 is represented by the solid line. The chart represents process fluid at 100°C (e.g., boiling water) being sent through a conduit, followed by process fluid of 0°C (e.g., ice water) at approximately 71 seconds. Theprocess temperature line 30 thereby follows a step form. The chart also represents a gradual raising and lowering of the temperature of the process fluid, so thatprocess temperature line 30 forms a sine wave. - In this example, the above-described
T estimate 28 more closely tracks thesolid process line 30. AlthoughT estimate 28 slightly lags theprocess 30,T estimate 28 comes close to the amplitude of the actual process temperature. The chart indicates thatT estimate 28 reached 100°C at about 50 seconds, and fell to about 15°C at about 95 seconds. Since theprocess fluid 30 was rising in temperature at 95 seconds,T estimate 28 did not fall in temperature to the low of 0° Celsius. - This computer model also allowed the inventor to compare
T estimate 28 to the temperature (Tdetected) 16 detected by the temperature sensor, (represented in thisFig. 8 by dashed line 32). It may be seen that thanT estimate 28 is appreciably better than Tdetected line 32 at capturing the full amplitude (high and low amplitude) of temperature swings ofprocess 30. - Turning now to
Fig. 9 , any of the foregoing examples may use another aspect of predicting the process temperature, which involves the slope of the changes in temperature detected by the sensor. The inventor experimented with simulations of process fluid in a conduit, with the process flow flowing past the casing. During experimentation with the computer models ofFigs. 4 and5 , using the configuration shown and described with respect toFigs. 3A, 3B , the inventor discovered that the slope of thesensor line 32 is proportional to the difference between the sensor temperature readings, and the actual process temperature. The inventor discovered that the followingEquation 5 may be used to further enhance the estimated result, in which slope (Q estimatefinal )estimate 34 is determined by multiplying the slope of the sensor output (Q detected )line 32 by a predetermined constant K, and adding the result to thesensor line 32.Fig. 9 , theslope estimate 34 closely tracks the actualprocess fluid temperature 30, nominally without any delay, to effectively compensate for the physical impediment (e.g., time delay caused by an RTD casing, etc.) to provide nominally true, real time results. This example thus effectively anticipates what temperature the sensor will detect before the temperature is actually detected. As also shown, nominally the full amplitude of the process fluid temperature is captured. - In this particular example, the value used for the constant K was 40. It should be recognized, however, that constant K is related to the thermal time constant τ discussed above. As such, the value of constant K is expected to change based on the particular application, and may be determined by empirical testing as discussed hereinabove.
- It may be seen that in this particular example,
slope estimate 34, rather than forming a clear line, appears to be somewhat scattered around theprocess temperature 30. This may reflect noise which has become part of the slope estimate. Therefore,processor 26 may be further programmed with a conventional smoothing algorithm, e.g., which averages or uses standard deviations of the data to smooth out theestimate 34 for enhanced clarity. - Various embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described herein with reference to use of an
electronic sensor 14, such as an RTD. It should be recognized, however, that substantially any type of sensor, including mechanical (e.g., pneumatic), electro-mechanical, and/or electro-chemical sensors / control systems, may be used without departing from the scope of the present invention. - In the preceding specification, the invention has been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of this disclosure. It is intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but only by the claims appended hereto.
- Having described the invention, what is claimed is:
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- System for predicting a physical quality with an impediment (12) to accurate measurement, comprising:a sensor (14) configured to detect, in real time, the physical quality (Qdetect), wherein measurement of the physical quality is subject to a time-related impediment;a first infinite impulse response filter configured to filter Qdetect (16) and to output a first filtered quality measurement (Qfiltered1);a processor (26) configured to calculate, in real time, the estimated quality Qestimate (28) using Qdetect (16) and Qfiltered1 (20);a second infinite impulse response filter configured to filter Qfiltered1 and to output a second filtered quality measurement (Qfiltered2); wherein said processor (26) is configured to calculate the estimated quality Qestimate (28) using Qfiltered1 (20) and Qfiltered2 (24); andan additional infinite impulse response filter configured to filter Qfiltered1 and to output an additional filtered quality measurement (Qfilteredadd); wherein said processor (26) is configured to calculate the estimated quality Qestimate (28) using Qfilteredadd;wherein said processor (26) is configured to calculate the estimated quality Qestimate (28) using the formula Qestimate = Qdetect + (Qdetect - Qfiltered2) + (Qdetect - Qfilteredadd).
- System according to claim 1, wherein the quality comprises a temperature of a material and the impediment (12) comprises a barrier disposed between the sensor (14) and the material.
- System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the material comprises a process fluid and the barrier comprises a casing disposed about the temperature sensor (14), wherein the casing is configured for extension into process fluid flow.
- System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said processor (26) is configured for calculation of Qestimate (28) by subtracting the value of Qfiltered2 (24) from twice the value of Qfiltered1 (20).
- System according to any of the preceding claims wherein said processor (26) is configured for calculation of Qestimate (28) by calculating the difference between Qfiltered1 (20) and Qfiltered2 (24), and adding the difference to Qfiltered1 (20).
- System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said processor (26) is configured for recording of a plurality of data points of Qdetect (16) over time.
- System according to claim 6, wherein said processor (26) is configured for determining the slope of Qdetect (16) at the plurality of data points.
- System according to claim 7, wherein said processor (26) is configured for determining Qestimate (28) using the slope of Qdetect (16) at said plurality of data points.
- Method for transforming physical quality data into an estimated measured quality, comprising:a) obtaining, with a sensor (14) in real time, data representing a physical quality (Qdetect), wherein a time-related impediment (12) exists to the detection of the physical quality;b) filtering Qdetect (16) through a first IIR filter (IIR1), wherein the IIR1 (18) outputs Qfiltered1 (20);c) calculating, with a processor (26) in real time, the estimated measured quality (Qestimate) using Qfiltered1 (20) and Qdetect;d) filtering Qfiltered1 through another infinite impulse response filter configured to output another filtered quality measurement (Qfiltered2);wherein said calculating (c) includes calculating the estimated quality Qestimate (28) using Qfiltered1 (20) and Qfiltered2 (24); ande) filtering Qfiltered1 (20) through an additional infinite impulse response filter configured to output an additional filtered quality measurement (Qfilteredadd) wherein said calculating (c) includes calculating the estimated quality Qestimate (28) using the formula Qestimate = Qdetect + (Qdetect - Qfiltered2) + (Qdetect - Qfilteredadd).
- Method according to claim 9, wherein said obtaining (a) comprises obtaining, with a temperature sensor (14), data representing a physical quality (Qdetect) in the form of a temperature of a material, wherein the impediment (12) comprises a barrier disposed between the temperature sensor (14) and the material; and said filtering (b) and calculating (c) is effected by a temperature compensation transmitter.
- Method according to claim 10, wherein the material comprises a process fluid and the barrier comprises a casing disposed about the temperature sensor (14), wherein the casing is configured for extension into process fluid flow.
- Method according to claim 11, further comprising:e) disposing the temperature sensor (14) within the casing; andf) inserting the casing into the process fluid flow.
- Method according to any of claims 9 to 12,
wherein said calculating (c) comprises calculating, with the processor (26), Qestimate by subtracting the value of Qfiltered2 (24) from twice the value of Qfiltered1 and/or calculating, with the processor (26), Qestimate (28) by calculating the difference between Qfiltered1 (20) and Qfiltered2 (24), and adding the difference to Qfiltered1 (20). - Method according to claim 13, comprising configuring the infinite impulse response filter to employ a first time constant (τ1) correlated to the time-related impediment (12).
- Method according to an of claims 9 to 14, comprising configuring the other infinite impulse response filter to employ a second time constant (τ2) correlated to the time-related impediment (12).
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